Canadian Public Policy, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 297-317
Description
Recommends ways to keep Aboriginal people in their communities by offering support for sustaining hunting, fishing and trapping through co-management of renewable resources, better use of under utilized resources, training and support for wildlife harvesters and more support for entrepreneurship.
Discusses how the lack of recognition and respect of Aboriginal and treaty rights pose a barrier to maintaining healthy relationships between Anishinabek First Nations, government and police services.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-030
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which investigated interrelationship between health and housing. Lists challenges, traditional solution, potential present-day solution, and examples of how some communities have met the challenge.
Highlights from research report of same name.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government and economic and labour force activity.
Information Quality and Research Directorate. Information Management Branch
Corporate Services
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government, and economic and labour force activity.
Demographics provided include health, education, social conditions, housing, self-government of First Nations and Canadians living north of the 60th parallel.
New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 353, no. 18, November 3, 2005, pp. 1881-1883
Description
Physician who spent three years working in a reservation hospital relates her experiences with the health problems faced by the residents set within the context of the general Native American population.
The Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 20, no. 2, 2005, pp. 183-205
Description
Discusses how the Six Nations band members have accessed private property using these certificates avoid circumvent the seizure for debt restrictions in the Indian Act and acquire mortgages and own their own housing.
Document submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights. Recommendations: provide sustained and equitable funding to agencies, augment services available on reserves, ensure culturally-based services, and develop a national strategy to deal with issues.
Compares on-reserve "registered population" and other Canadians in the areas of education, family, health, employment, income and housing. Based on Census data.
Examines the use of physical occupation and civil disobedience by Aboriginal peoples to accomplish their objectives relating to land, treaty, and other rights; and examines the impact of the Nu-Chah-Nulth First Nations’ blockade on forest practices in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Follow-up to the The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures. Reports an improvement in relationship between the city of Farmington, New Mexico, San Juan County and the Navajo people living on the Navajo Reservation.
Plan includes both short and long-term recommendations to alleviate problems with quantity and quality of housing and community infrastructure. Six elements: sustainable funding, institutional development, information and research capacity, financing, land management, and human resources.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 95-120
Description
Examination of 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) law and the Temporary Assistance of Needy Families (TANF) program in the United States and how it has impacted Native Americans in a reservation context, specifically the Northern Cheyenne Nation.
Argues that the First Nation located in Quebec has laid the foundation for comprehensive development success. Includes history, community profile, discussion of administrative practices, training needs assessment, and five year plan for economic self-sufficiency,
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, Special Issue on Research Case Studies, 2005, pp. 15-33
Description
A case study about the difficult jurisdictional issues faced between tribal governments and local, state, and federal levels of governments in the United States.
Examines the current status of the Mackenzie Gas Project; and Aboriginal issues pertaining to the construction of the pipeline including the environmental impact assessment and current socio-economic issues.
Study looks at services and supports available for Native American youth aged 16-24; barriers they face; tribal community strengths in accessing support; and impacts of federal, state and tribal policies have on services and support.
Section from Portraits of Canada 2004. Annual survey of public opinion on improving the quality of life of Aboriginal people.
Scroll down to page 11 to read section.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 26-33
Description
Study's goals were to define social capital, create culturally-appropriate ways of quantifying it, and determine its relationshp with health in the community.
Social Epidemiology of Trauma Among Two American Indian Reservation Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Spero M. Manson
Janette Beals
Suzell A. Klein
Calvin D. Croy
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 851-856
Description
Concludes that Aboriginal people in the United States live in an adverse and violent environment that places them at higher risk for exposure to traumatic experiences.
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 12, October 2005, pp. 762-768
Description
Population based study showing trends, associated factors and rates. Shows younger females, single or divorced, with an Aboriginal background and low level of education, were at a higher risk of attempting suicide.
Highlights the dysfunctional and atrocious living conditions on First Nations reserves, arguing that solutions must be locally driven and urban migration only creates different social issues.